writer, historian, gay wrongs activist @badgayspod.bsky.social, opera queen, @noisybits.bsky.social
BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY (Verso, 2022)
FASHION IS FINISHED: RUDI GERNREICH & THE COUNTERCULTURE (Norton/Pushkin, ~2027)
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karen barad trying to decide if matter is queer or trans
Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital
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Matt Baume 🏳️🌈
So fantastic to see David Ramirez and Juan Carlos Cuadrado get theirs. The store is fantastic, and they're gems of knowledge. youtu.be/8tYatqxB5t8
partisan democrats On Here are going to have to learn to deal with the simple fact that you and your party remain furiously unpopular — more unpopular than trump!
YES, that’s!!!
And also, here’s to sisters doing it for themselves. (From Morgan’s excellent Substack)
They sold me my favorite coat.
professor of politics at queen mary university london
candidates who advance your policy priorities are going to have to run against the party. they can do so from the left or the right. you can choose how you react to both options and whether your reaction is an adult one that is cognizant of political reality and a strategy to move us leftward.
The margin of error on this data is big enough that the only take away is that — as people who know Maine have repeatedly predicted — attacks from outsiders backfire. It simply wasn’t a successful way to undercut Platner. The more outsiders attacked, the more Mainers have dug in their heels.
…and the agent says, “wow. wow. That’s … one hell of an act you’ve got there. What the fuck do you call it?”
And the guy says, “The Democrats!”